Drawers-supporter.



No. 633,535. Patented Sept. I9, 1899;"

a. L. SMITH.

DRAWERS SUPPOBTER.

(Application filed June 3, 1898.)

{No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Oriucs.

GEORGE L. SMITH, OF PRINCETON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO ALZINA IIONE JESTER, OF SAME PLACE.

DRAWERS-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,535, dated September 19, 1899.

Application filed June 3, 1898. Serial No. 682,481. (No model.)

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be itknown that I, GEORGE L. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Princeton, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawers-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the sam e,

This invent-ion relates to adjustable drawers-supporters for attachment to suspenders; and it consists, essentially, of an outer jaw and an inner jaw hinged to the former, the outer jaw having a tape or strap adjustably attached to its upper end and the other jaw provided with a slide having a headed stud adapted to he slid into the opening of the said outer jaw to firmly fasten the engaged portion of a garment to both jaws.

The invention further consists of the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be described and claimed more fully hereinafter.

The object of the invention is to provide means for firmly engaging drawers and adjusting them independently of trousers held by suspenders to which the supporter is attached, whereby an equitable position of each garment relatively to the other may at all times be maintained without straining or tearing the drawers or producing an uncomfortable feeling.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portion of a suspender,

showing the improved supporter applied thereto and manner of attaching the drawers thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the supporter detached, shown enlarged.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals are employed to indicate corresponding parts in both views, the numeral 1 designates suspender-attaching ends of the" usual or any preferred form. Between the center thereof where attached to the suspenderweb is secured the upper end of a depending tape or strap 2 of suitable material and length and adj ustably secured to a buckle 3. The said buckle is mounted on the upperportion of the supporter at, and comprises a movable frame 5 and a central immovable tongue 6. The jaw 7 has an upper body 7, laterally extended equally on opposite sides, and a lower contracted end 8. The said jaw is preferably constructed of a single piece of stiff wire bent into the shape set forth, and one end is formed into an eye 0 at the central top portion of the body, through which the opposite end is passed and extended upwardly to form the said tongue 6. The lower ends of the buckle-frame 5 terminate in eyes 10, bearing on the upper part of the body 7 on opposite sides of the point of engagement of the eye 9 with the base of the tongue 6, and also movably bearing on the body between the eyes 10 and said point of engagement of the eye 9 and base of the tongue are opposite eyes 11 at the upper free ends of an outer jaw 12, also preferably formed of a single piece of stiff wire and slightly longer than the jaws 7. On the jaw 12 is mounted a slide 13, having a headed stud 14, which is slippedinto the lower contracted end 8 of the said jaw 7 when the garment is properly engaged thereby and a firm securement of the latter attained.

To apply the supporter, the slide 13 is adj usted on the jaw 12 to clear the headed stud 14 from the jaw 7. The jaw 12 is then opened and the adjacent upper portion of the drawers placed between both jaws and the said headed stud completely covered thereby. The jaws are pressed together and the slide 13 moved downwardly until the headed stud and part of the garment are firmly clamped in the lower contracted portion of the stationary jaw. The lower ends of the two jaws materially assist in maintaining the engagement of the supporter and the attached garment without producinga tearing or straining tendency, and the binding instituted between the garment-covered headed stud and the jaw 7 is sustained and increased by the resistance ofiered through the downward'pull of the garment.

The greatest advantage gained by the use of the present device is the convenience of adjusting drawers independent of the adjustment of trousers and the attached suspenders. The ordinary form of drawers-supporters found in the market is a frail and cheap clasp and usually provided with sharp tearing teeth or serrations and adjustable only with the suspenders, and frequently a pair of trousers with a long waist are used or worn with drawers having a short waist, and consequently by the use of the ordinary drawerssupporter it is impossible to obtain an equitable adjustment of the two garments through the movements of the suspender buckles alone. Conversely short-waist trousers and long-waist drawers are often combined, and by the old method of suspender movement to compensate for either irregularity the adj ustment of one garment will notvproperly regulate the other without considerable injurious strain or inconvenience to the wearer and unsightly external appearance. By having the tape or strap 2 adjustable independently of the suspenders the numerous disadvantages heretofore encountered and partially enumerated will be overcome and ease and comfort afforded the wearer, as well as injury to the garments prevented.

It isintended,as heretofore definitelystated, that the supporter be used for application to drawers; but it may be generally employed, if desired, and will serve equally well for hose or other Wearing-apparel; also,'by increasing the dimensions and using larger sizes of material it could be easily adapted for use on horse-blankets, fiy-sheets, or other analogous purposes.

Having thus described the invention, wha is claimed as new is I The combination with a pair ofsuspenders having fastening ends, of a tape or strap secured to the lower end of the Suspender-web between the points of attachment of the fastening ends, a jaw'having an upper inverted triangularly-shaped body with inwardly-extending horizontally-disposed ends, one of said ends terminating in a loop and the other bent at a right angle to form a stationary tongue and surrounded at the base by the said loop on the other end, the lower part of said jaw being contracted and having opposite parallel sides and a lower rounded end, a buckle-frame movably attached to the inwardly-extending-ends of the upper body of the jaw, a U-shaped narrow jaw having its free ends movably engaging the inwardly-extending ends of the body of the first-mentioned jaw inside of the points of engagement of the buckle-frame therewith, said U-shaped jaw having the opposite parts parallel and the lower end rounded and extending below the adjacent rounded end of said first jaw, and a slide movably fitted to the U-shaped jaw and having'a headed stud to slidably engage the contracted part of the first jaw.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. SMITH. lVitnesses:

JOSEPH LITZELMANN, CHAS. HEINZ. 

